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"Did you know that almost half off patients who suffer from anxiety take too shallow breaths and this creates respiratory alkalosis that creates a lot of the anxiety symptoms."

When in stressful situations, [0] 'take big breaths, then breath out', repeat. This should lower your heart rate by 10%. There's a nice overview explanation of "respiratory sinus arrhythmia". [1]

[0] https://www.policeone.com/Officer-Safety/articles/7811997-Ho...

[1] https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-neuroscience-mindfu...



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